On September 24th, Mark Russinovich will be hosting a Virtual Roundtable on Windows Vista Performance. Mark and a panel of industry experts will be discussing several issues related to Windows Vista including:
Overall OS Performance
Common Misconfigurations
Boot times
Applets
Disk Performance...

Get hands-on with virtualization – FREE! Attend the event that lets you touch, talk about, and experience Microsoft virtualization solutions. Hear from Microsoft virtualization experts on how Microsoft uses virtualization in its own data centers. Dive into robust hands-on labs and gain a...

Happy Friday AskPerf! One of our Technical Account Managers pinged me a few weeks ago and asked if I could put together something on how to do a server baseline. After thinking about how best to do this for a while, I realized that trying to create a one-stop shop for server performance baselines goes...

As you can see, we revamped the look and feel of our blog last night. As a result, the page load times should be improved. In addition the new look presents a cleaner, more appealing appearance. We hope you like the new layout. As always, please send us your feedback. Thanks!...

Are you still undecided about Windows Vista? Unsure about deployment? Running into some roadblocks? This is the event for you! Microsoft Technical Fellow and desktop guru Mark Russinovich will be hosting an interactive virtual roundtable—broadcast LIVE over the Internet on Wednesday...

On August 1, 2008 the Small Business Server support business will move to a call-back model for all Professional SBS support incidents in the United States. More information regarding the change can be found over at the SBS Team’s Blog . - CC Hameed

On March 24, 2009 the Professional level “Enterprise Platforms Support” business at Microsoft will transition to a call-back model for all After Hours Professional support incidents in the United States and Canada. Below is a description of how to contact Microsoft customer service, as well as...

It occurred to me that with so many technical blogs out there, that it might be useful to bring you some posts from our fellow bloggers here at Microsoft that have been published recently … If you haven’t been keeping up with our colleagues over at the Terminal Services blog, then you may have missed...

On October 1, 2008 the Professional level “Enterprise Platforms Support” business at Microsoft will transition to a call-back model for all Professional support incidents in the United States and Canada. Below is a description of how to contact Microsoft customer service, as well as other relevant information...

*UPDATE* as of October 8th, 2013, the below MPS Reports link is no longer available. Please see the following blog post from our good buddy Yong Rhee, that details more on this change:
Tool: MPSreports replacement as of Oct. 8th, 2013
Happy Friday AskPerf! Today’s post is a quick overview...

Today's the BIG DAY! Launch Day is finally here! The 2008 Launch Wave in Los Angeles kicks off the release of a host of exciting new products including Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008, and SQL Server 2008. Over the last twenty-six days, we've focused on Windows Server 2008 in preparation for...

Windows 7 is only a few weeks away! The buzz is building! However, if your applications aren’t quite ready for Windows 7 (or even Vista) and having you’re having issues, then maybe you’re not quite as excited as I am. But – there is good news - we may be able to help you out!
Last Monday we launched...

On June 18th, Mark Russinovich will be hosting a Virtual Roundtable on Windows 7 Application Compatibility. This is a chance for IT Pros to learn all about Windows 7 Application Compatibility and get answers to any management or deployment questions for Windows 7. You can submit your performance questions...

On October 6th, Benjamin Gray from independent analyst firm Forrester will be discussing his April 2009 report, “Get Ready for Windows 7” and whether or not your organization should deploy Windows 7 now or test applications and hardware against Windows Vista for greater Windows 7 compatibility. Some...

Good Morning folks! More news on Windows 7 and the availability of the official Release Candidate. We now have some dates that we can share with you. The RC build is slated to be available for download by MSDN / TechNet subscribers this Thursday (April 30, 2009). Broader, public...

Happy Friday AskPerf! I'm sure you've already surmised by the title of the post that today's topic is a somewhat bittersweet one. XE3E9MT8HW5V
It is said that all good things must come to an end. In that same vein, the one constant about working at Microsoft is that change is inevitable. Over the...

If you are in the midst of your IT migration, or just getting started with your planning but you’re not 100% sure what systems are in your environment, nor what applications have been deployed, then take heart – help is here! This week, the Solution Accelerators Team announced the release of the...

Last week we released Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. The links in the “Additional Resources” section provide more depth information, but here are some key pieces of information: Language Release Schedule: Five languages (English, French, German, Japanese and Spanish)...

The end of the year is upon us. It seems as though 2007 went by in a blur. It has definitely been a busy year for us though - and not just on the Performance team. We've had some tremendous product launches across Microsoft as a whole in 2007 including: Windows Vista Microsoft Exchange...

Another year is coming to an end. 2008 was certainly an eventful year for us here at Microsoft. Windows Server 2008, Windows Small Business Server 2008 and Windows Essential Business Server 2008 were released this year, along with a number of other products in the Enterprise space including...

That’s right folks! It’s October 22nd – the big day is finally here! Over the last twenty-one days, we’ve touched on a number of different features of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. We hope you’ve enjoyed our Launch Series. Don’t fret – we have plenty more to write about...

Hello AskPerf readers! Today’s post is being published a little later than usual. Today we are launching the Customer Preview Program (CPP) for Windows Vista Service Pack 2 to MSDN and TechNet subscribers, and we wanted to give a first look. Windows Vista SP2 is a service pack in the traditional...

Three days down, three to go. After the madness of Tuesday, was there any way to keep the adrenaline pumping at the same high levels for the second half of the conference? Plus, since I (CC) had never been to Seattle before - what did I think of Seattle? Read on, and all shall be revealed ... Day Four...

Today we're going to deviate a bit from our usual technical posts so that we can give you an insider's peek at a recent conference. Last week, Jerry Ciferri and I spent the week in Seattle at TechReady 5, which is a Microsoft-internal conference for Technical field resources such as Support Engineers...

The steps in many of our KB articles have been criticized in the past for being too difficult for ordinary users to follow. As a result, missed or incorrectly implemented steps may have resulted in problems being exacerbated, or new problems being created. Well, we were listening to the feedback...